The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-06
THE FORrY-NINrH CONGRESS
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, February 5-M Voor
he's offered a resolution to discharge
the committee on Territories from fur
ther consideration of the House bill tc
change the time of meeting of the Leg
islstive Assembly of Washington Terri
tory, and gave notice that LIE would
call it up on Monday.
The Senate then proceeded to consider
the pension bills on the calendar.
The Senate passed sixty-six pension
bills, among them the House bill grant
ing a pension of $50 month to the
| wiICW o. Brigadier Gene al Thomas
Francis n igder; the House bill in
creasing the pension of the widow of
Colonel james Hemphill Jones, of the
Marine Corps. from $50 to $40 month /;
the Senate dill increasing the pension of
the widow nf Major General Hunter TO
$50 onth, and the one giving an army
nurse $IZ month; one giving volun-
teer sos month, one increasing the
pension of the widow of Commodore
Spiers to $50, and one increasing the
! pension of the widow of Colonel Loren
Burritt to$i00.
The Senate then proceeded to the
consideration of the Indian appropria
ton bill. The bill (Which contains fifty
two printed pagesl was passed without
word of dist ussion and with no more
delay than was consistent with its very
rapid reading
Mcpherson made personal explana-
ton in regard to the Washington cor
respondent of the New York World. He
was therein represented as saying I'm
quotation marksl that the report OF the
judiciary committee on Pacific railroad
matters was very great triumph for
The World; that it was very clear to his
mind that as soon as Congress compre-
hended the true nature of the exposure,
vigorous steps would be taken to bring
the Pacific railroads to book. This
statement he had made; and he stood
by it, and emphasized it now.
The article went on to say, however,
(but not in quotation marks and not as
quoting him) that it is believed the in
vestigation will lead to such disclosures
that Senator Stanford would be willing
TO resign his seat; that he would have
to explain his share in the illegal ex-
penditure of 81 900, 900, etc. This latter
statement was not attributed to him
and was not quoted as the other state
ment was. Ghe high character of the
World correspondent precluded the
idea of his attribnting to any
Senator statement which he
had not made. His own pleasant
relations with Senator Stanford
forbade his making such a statement in
relation to him. Beside, he had no
knowledge of the matter referred to.
He made this explanation so as to put
a stop to any misapprebeRsiOns on the
subject. 1t had been misapprehended
and his attention had been called to i t
this morning by several Senators.
The Senate Dill to incorporate the
and Pacific Ship Railway Com
pany (the Eads Tehuantepec billy, was
then taken up as special order.
Morgan discussed the bill at length. |
Finally, Hoar remarked that the sub
lect was a very important one; that it
had not been expected to come up, and |
that consequently but few Senators
were in the. chamber, and he suggested |
whether the Senator would not prefer |
to continue his speech on Monday.
Morgan said he would.
Hall offered an amendment, that, ex- |
cept as to the guarantee of $7,500,0OO |
expressly provided in the bill, the |
United States should be in no respect |
whatever liable for any debt or obliga-
ton of the company.
The Senate then adjourned.